Although we booked looking for an inexpensive place, we felt Econo Lodge in Oklahoma CIty (Bricktown) was absolutely sub-standard and unacceptable.

My friend and I were getting ready for a wedding.... She took a shower and the bathtub did not drain. Not only did she have to stand in a tub full of water, but then I had to stand in her dirty water and cound only barely turn the water on because otherwise the tub would have run-over. Our sink also did not drain, so when we brushed our teeth we had to look at each other's spit floating in the sink. Eventually the tub and sink did drain, but it took a long time and made for a disgusting and annoying experience. As we were prepping for the wedding, we called the front desk to report the drainage problem. They told us we could switch rooms, but we had to leave for the wedding. They said we could switch rooms or they would send maintanance to fix the problem. We said send maintanance since having the problem fixed seemed like less of a hassle than moving all our stuff. The maintanance man arrived as we were leaving. We assumed that the problem was being fixed. The next morning when we got dressed, we had the same problems with the tub and sink not draining. Nothing was fixed. Why didn't the maintanance man and manager alert us that they could not fix the problem. When I told this to the manager, he was abrasive and aggressive. I felt like I was having to defend myself for his lousy room. First he offered a 15% discount, and then 20% after I blew up at him. That's still ridiculous. 20% off is a AAA or senior discount, not compensation for a disfunctional room.

Further, the Continental breakfast is a joke. I went at 9:30am and there was no orange juice or other juice, and only powdered creamer for the coffee. Gross! How hard would it be to get a mini-refrigerator and some damn half-and-half? Also, there were some pathetic looking little blueberry muffins and two pieces of bread in a plastic box. Yuck! The muffins looked the type that have so many preservatives that their shelf-life is a year.

On top of this, some of the gnarliest people I have seen were staying, hanging around this place. My friend and I had to run from our car into our room because we were nervous around these characters.